Navy Announces Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Plans
Filed Under: green automotive technology, zoomilife.com on April 12, 2009
The United States Navy has announced plans to build a hydrogen fuel-cell powered UAV, with research already beyond the developmental stage. The first test flight of this ground-breaking machine will be this spring.
The little UAV is called the Ion Tiger and is powered entirely by hydrogen fuel-cells. The Tiger is about the size of a large hobby RC craft, is characteristically stealthy (thanks to it’s low-heat motor and power generation), is capable of carrying a 5 pound payload for 24 hours of continuous flight, and could potentially have several uses as a military UAV.
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